Riding attachment for agricultural implements.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NCK'LAS H. BLOOM, OF NASHUA, IOWA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed June 29, 1905. Serial No. 267,5 '12.

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Bc it known that l, Niomns ll BLooM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Naslnia, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Riding Attachment ilor Agricultural Inl plcn'ients, of which the following is a. speci iication.

This invention relates to improvements adapted to be attached to harrows or other agricultural implements and constituting a vehicular support for the driver or operator of the implement.

In one aspect, the invention is in the nature of an improvement on a prior patent,

rantedto me on January 1G, i905 and num- Jered 779,519.

The principal object is to provide a simple structure of a novel nature, which is strong, rigid and durable, that may he readily applied to an agricultural implement, and Will properlyr operate in conjunction With the same, not only during its movement in a straight line over a field, hut also in making turns and curves.

The )referred embodimentoi the invention is illustrated in the accompanying dratvin s, wherein:

igure 1 is a top plan view of the attachment connected to a hai-row. Fig. Eis a vertical sectional View through the rear portion of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ci' the rear portion of the structure with the wheels removed. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 44 of imilar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the ligures of the draWin s.

In t e embodiment illustrated, convergently disposed reach bars 5 are employed, that are prefer-abi formed of angle iron, having downturne( front portions 6, the terminals 7 of which constitute ears for receiving bolts or other fasteners 8, wherebyT the device can be attached to a harrow or other implement. The rear ends of the reach bars are connected, their horizontal flanges being overlapped and fastened by a bolt 9, as shown in Fig. 4. A cross bar 10 of angle iron brid es the space between the reach bars in a vance of their connected ends, being fastened, as shown at 11, to the horizonta flanges of said bars. A substantially upl right pivot holt 12, located in the plane bei tween the reach hars, has its upper end passing through the horizontal flange of the cross bar l0, while its lower endV is main tained in Vposition by divergently disposed braces i3, the .lower ends of which are litted on the lower end of the pivot bolt, their upper ends being fastened, as shown at 14, to the horizontal flanges 5 of the reach hars in advance of the cross bar 10. A brace 15 connects the reach bars and has its ends fastened thereto by the bolts 14.

Journaled upon the pivot bolt 12 is a tapering Wheel frame 16. This frame is composed ol'` side arms 17, formed of a doubled strap, other side arms formed of another doubled strap having their rear ends connested to the side arms 1T, between the ends thereof, as shown at 19. An upright strap i3d, located within the straps ormin the side arms 17 and 1S, has its upper and ower portions fastened thereto, as illustrated at 2l, the terminals of this upright strap being offset and formin ears which are journaled, respective y, upon the upper and lower portions of the pivot bolt l2. The rear ends of the side arms 17 are similari f olset, as shown at 23, and passing through the same is an axle 24, having its ends projecting outside the side arms to receive ground Wheels 2.5, journaled on said projecting ends.

A seat 2B is provided with the usual spring standard 2?, and the lower end of the standard is offset, as shown at 28, resting upon the horizontal anges of the reach bars 5 contiguous to their juncture, the front terminal of the standard hearing upon the horizontal flange of the cross bar l@ and being secured thereto hy the upper headed end of the pivot bolt 12, Which passes through said front end and through the cross bar. A clip plate 29 extends across the portion of the standard that bears upon the horizontal flanges of the reach hars, said clip plate being held in position by bolts or other fasteners 30, passing through the horizontal flanges of said reach bars. It will be observed that the seat is thus mounted on the reach bars and in rear of the connection of the Wheel frame therewith. This Wheel frame not only trails behind its pivotal connection, but turns freely with respeet thereto. Therefore, the attachment when connected to an agricultural implement will properly operate in conjunction therewith, not only in passing over a lield7 but in making the turns.

1t will be observed that the structure is simple and can be easily and cheaply manill'actured. At the same time,it is strongand durable so as to withstand rough usage and hard service upon uneven` ground.

From the l'oregoin, itis thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without 'further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and various details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention.

Ilaving thus described my invention what I claim as ne r and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l.. In a riding attachment of the class described, the combination with convergently disposed reach bars, of a cross bar connecting the rear portions of the reach bars, an upright pivot bolt having its upper end connected to the cross bar, between the reach bars, braces connected to the lower end of the iivot bolt and to the reach bars, and a wheel trame mounted on the pivot bolt andV having a free swinging movement with said bolt as an axis.

3. In a riding attachment of the class described, the combination with reach bars, of a pivot bolt disposed centrally between the reach bars and having its upper end connected thereto, divergent braces connected to the lower end of the pivot bolt and to the reach bars, and a freely swinging trailing wheel frame connected at its front end to the pivot bolt.

3. In a riding attachment of the class described, the combination with convergently .disposed reach bars, of a cross bar connecting the rear portions of the reach bars, an upright pivot bolt having its upper end connected to the cross bar between the reach bars, divergent braces connected to the lower end of the pivot bolt and to the reach bars, a frame mounted on the pivot bolt and having a free swinging movement with said bolt as an axis, an axle carried by the Jframe, and spaced wheels journaled on the aXle.

4. In a riding attachment of the class described, the combination with reach bars,of an upright pivot bolt connected thereto7 a tapering 'frame having its tapered front end mounted on the pivot bolt, an axle carried by the wider rear end of the frame, and spaced wheels carried by the axle.

5. In a riding attachment of the class described, the combination with reach bars, of an upright pivot bolt connected thereto, a tapering frame having its tapered front end mounted on the pivot bolt, said frame inchilling side arms, therear ends ol' which are spaced apart, an axle connected to said rear ends and projecting outside the same, and wheels journaled on they projectingr ends oll the axle and being located outside the lil'ame.

o. ln a riding attachment ol the class described, the combination with spaced reach bars, oiI a substantially upright pivot holt located in an upright plane which lies lietwecn said bars, and a wheel irame including arms, an upright connected to the arms and having oll'set ears that are ,iournaled on the pivot bolt, an axle carried by the trame, and spaced wheels journaled on the axle.

7. ,ln a riding attachment oll the class descrilred, the combination with spaced reach bars, ola substaiitially upright pivot bolt disposed between the reach bars, and a wheel traine comprising angularly disposed arms termed of doubled straps, an upright strap located within and secured to the doubled straps, said upright strap having otl'set terminal ears journaled on the Vpivot bolt, an axle carried by the rear terminals of one ot' the straps and having its ends projecting beyond the outer sides thereof, and wheels journailed on said projecting ends.

In a riding attachment ota the class described, the combination with convergently disposed reach bars having their rear ends connected, of a cross bar connecting the reach bars in advance of their connected ends, an upright pivot bolt having its upper end connected to the cross bar between the 'reach bars, divergently disposed braces connected at their lower ends to the pivot bolt and having their upper ends connected to the reach bars, a brace between the reach bars at the juncture of the pivot bolt braces therewith, a tapering wheel frame having its front end journaled on the pivot bolt, an axle carried by the wider rear end of the l rame, spaced wheels journaled on the axle, and a seatsupported on the reach bars.

Q. In a riding attaclnnent of the class described, the combination with reach bars having their rear ends connected, ol a freely swinging trailing wheel trame pivoted to and between the reach bars, an axle carried by the rear portion of the frame and projecting on opposite sides of the reach bars, wheels journaled on said projecting portions, and a seat having a standard mounted on and secured to the reach bars.

1t). In a riding attachment ol' the class described, the combination with reach bars having their rear ends connected, of a cross bar connecting the reach bars in advance of their connected rear ends, a wheel frame supporting the rear ends of the reach bars, a seat having a standard that bears upon the rear ends of the reach bars and against the cross bar, and means i or fastening the standard to said connected ends and to the cross bar.

1t. In a riding attachment oi the class de- IIO XV, F. GETSGH. 

